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lection and means by which we are likely 

 to proceed with the greatest advantage. 



Albert Von Haller was born at Berne, in 

 Switzerland, in 1708, and died there in 

 1777. He possessed a well proportioned 

 assemblance of vigorous intellectual facul- 

 ties. His memory was surprisingly quick 

 and retentive, scarcely any language was 

 unknown to him, and all those in which 

 medical records are written he both read 

 and wrote with facility. He had great in- 

 dustry, and made himself acquainted with 

 all that others knew or thought relative to 

 our professional studies. He had great 

 method and discrimination, and regularly 

 registered all the knowledge he obtained 

 by reading or otherwise. Of his talents in 

 selecting, condensing, and arranging in- 

 formation from successive publications, 

 his numerous bibliothecae afford ample evi- 

 dence. Haller went to Leyden in 1725, 

 where he became a favourite pupil of Boer- 

 haave, and a fellow-student of Albinus. He 

 also took opportunities of visiting Ruysch, 

 to observe his anatomical labours. After 

 he had finished his studies and his travels, 



he returned to Berne, and in 1734 he taught 



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